Paxton Is Burning
Has accountability finally come to Texas? Don't hold your breath.
Texas Legislature
How (Not) to Mourn a Mass Shooting
Two local churches in Allen offered contrasting visions of how the community can heal in the wake of mass murder.
Bigotry Is Bigger in Texas
52 bills, and counting. This current legislative session is Texas’s most brazen attempt to eradicate our state’s LGBTQ+ community.
Turning Anti-Asian Hate into Law
A pair of bills, SB 147 and SB 711, could restrict people like the author's father from owning property, based on where he was born.
Strangest State: Ted Cruz Enjoys a White Claw
Smuggling bones. Horses with tail lights. Alcoholic seltzer goes aerial. Just another day in far-flung Texas.
Tallahassee My Texas
Is Ron DeSantis running the Lone Star State?
‘We Are in a Crisis’: Texas Public Schools on the Edge
Vouchers and property tax cuts strike at a public school system already hemorrhaging hard-working employees.
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Dallas’ Evidence Fiasco: An Exoneree’s Lawyer Speaks
Cheryl Wattley helped free Richard Miles, who spent more than a decade in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
Dragging Democracy into the Future
As the Texas Observer survives to muckrake another day, Steven Monacelli highlights the battle for fundamental rights happening in the Lone Star State.
Confronting Queer Oppression in Moscow … And America
Queendom, a documentary that recently premiered at the SXSW film festival, should leave viewers—especially LGBTQ+ viewers—shaken.